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Spaghetti junction in Birmingham, M8 in Glasgow and Marble Arch in London
Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham tops a survey of Britain's scariest road systems with Glasgow and London second and third.

Birmingham council taxpayers will not pay to acquire a haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure, according to plans by the city's authority.

Thousands of football shirts and flags left in tribute to former West Brom player Sir Bobby Robson go to charities overseas.

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Fans' tribute to the man who saved English football

Rover bosses pay back £3m
The company owned by the ex-bosses of MG Rover agrees to pay back some of the millions of pounds taken out of the firm.

Three charged over city shooting
Three people are charged, including two with two counts of attempted murder, over a shooting in Birmingham.

TA soldiers meet Prince Charles
Soldiers from a Wolverhampton-based battalion are presented with medals by the Prince of Wales.

Particles 'could be from police'
Police may have accidentally transferred explosive particles to the jacket of a man accused of murder, a court hears.

Anglo-Saxon gold is worth £3.285m
The haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure unearthed in Staffordshire, which has been on display in Birmingham, is valued at £3.285m.

Plan for £193m library approved
Birmingham's new £193m library in Centenary Square is granted planning permission by the city council.

Four more are killed by swine flu
A further four people have died across the West Midlands as a result of swine flu, health bosses say.

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